Tag: Everyday ethics
Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog...
Jon Garthoff, University of Tennessee
People talk to their pets every day: offering praise when they’re good, reassurance when...
What are the ethics of giving back money that doesn’t belong...
Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University
In Monopoly, a player who draws the card that says “BANK ERROR IN...
Should there be a limit on how much debt a young...
Paul Schofield, Bates College
Young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 owe over US$1 trillion in student...
Should there be a limit on how much debt a young...
Paul Schofield, Bates College
Young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 owe over US$1 trillion in student...
The morality of canceling student debt
Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University
President-elect Joe Biden promised to forgive at least some student debt during his campaign, and he now supports immediately...
Everyday ethics: Should I be taking unemployment insurance?
Lee McIntyre, Boston University
A lot of people are facing ethical decisions about their daily life as a result of the coronavirus. Ethicist Lee McIntyre...
How to stay honest this tax season
Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University
As Americans begrudgingly work through their taxes this year, many could be facing a moral struggle about whether to...
Do you have a moral duty to pay taxes?
Brookes Brown, Clemson University
It’s tax season. Americans will pay an average of US$10,489 in personal taxes – about 14 percent of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
